Police arrest woman ‘pregnant’ with cocaine wraps

A young woman pretending to be pregnant was arrested on Saturday with about 3kg of substance suspected to be cocaine.

She had presented herself as a pregnant woman as she attempted to smuggle cocaine into Brazil.

The culprit had thought that the Police wouldn’t search a pregnant woman, but she was wrong.

A video shows the 24-year-old brunette created an elaborate fake pregnancy, which was stuck to her stomach with lengths of duct tape and then covered with clothes.

Inside the “belly” was 3kg of cocaine, local media has reported.

But the police were too smart to fall for her pranks as she was immediately identified.

Military police reportedly boarded a bus on the Marechal Rondon highway near Birigui on Wednesday as part of a routine inspection and removed the woman before making her remove the smuggling device.

In the video, an armed officer can be seen helping her cut the sticky tape as she struggles to detach the “bump”.

She eventually removed the wrap and handed it to the policeman.

A large package can be seen on the inside of the tape and a man travelling with her was reportedly also arrested.

It is not clear what punishment, if any, the pair received.

Five years ago, a 20-year-old woman had tried to bring four pounds of cocaine through customs by stashing it inside a fake pregnant belly.

This also happened in Brazil, at the international airport in the north-eastern city of Natal, and she too was arrested.